Healing and early stent coverage after ultrathin strut biodegradable polymer‐coated sirolimus‐eluting stent implantation: SiBi optical coherence tomography study

Aims The aim of SiBi study was to evaluate the early vascular healing and neointimal coverage after implantation of ultrathin (60 μm) biodegradable polymer‐coated Tetriflex (Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Surat, India) sirolimus‐eluting stent (SES) using optical coherence tomography (OCT) at 4 to 6 weeks after implantation. Methods SiBi was a single‐center, observational, investigator‐initiated study. From January 15, 2018 to April 15, 2018, total 29 consecutive patients who had consented and underwent OCT examination at 4–6 weeks after Tetriflex SES implantation were enrolled. All OCT images were analyzed at an independent core laboratory by analysts ...